Amber Dance Omicron infects the cells of the nose, throat and lungs differently from former variants. Credit: Lucas Landau/Reuters/Alamy Infection rates with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are plummeting in many countries around the world. But scientists are still struggling to understand how it spread so rapidly and what it might do next,...
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a type of endocrine disorder characterized by an abnormal menstrual cycle and the presence of multiple small cysts on the ovaries. The condition is developed due to excessive production of male sex hormones (androgens) by the ovaries. Image Credit: pathdoc/Shutterstock Despite not having...
New research suggests way to turn SARS-CoV-2 against itself. Scientists have discovered a possible new way to fight COVID-19 by turning part of SARS-CoV-2 against itself. This new strategy shows promise in mice and in human cells in a lab dish, according to the team led by researchers from the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical...
Both SARS-CoV-1, the virus that caused the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, originate from a group of betacorona viruses known as “subgroup 2b.” Coronaviruses from this subgroup have been highlighted as having significant potential to cross from animal hosts to humans with deleterious consequences, COVID-19 being the...
FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS REHAB Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have created a system for a robotic hand that provides finger-specific haptic feedback for a user, significantly improving dexterity. By delivering haptic feedback for objects grasped with the thumb, index, and little finger, the system allows users to control a robotic hand to pick up and...
EMBO 24 February 2022 – The effect of iron supplementation on skeletal muscle atrophy in cancer patients and sufferers from other wasting diseases has been investigated by a team of Italian and Belgian scientists which studied causes of these conditions in humans and mouse models. The findings, published today in EMBO Reports, shed light on wasting mechanisms...
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE SPECTACULAR STRUCTURE OF THE PROTECTIVE ARMOUR OF SUPERBUG C.DIFFICILE HAS BEEN REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME SHOWING THE CLOSE-KNIT YET FLEXIBLE OUTER LAYER – LIKE CHAIN MAIL. THIS ASSEMBLY PREVENTS MOLECULES GETTING IN AND PROVIDES A NEW TARGET FOR FUTURE TREATMENTS, ACCORDING TO THE SCIENTISTS AT NEWCASTLE, SHEFFIELD AND GLASGOW UNIVERSITIES...
BABRAHAM INSTITUTE IMAGE: IMAGES SHOWING HUMAN 8C-LIKE CELLS AMONG NAÏVE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (LEFT) AND 8-CELL HUMAN EMBRYOS (RIGHT) FLUORESCENTLY LABELLED FOR TPRX1 (GREEN), H3.Y (RED) AND DNA (BLUE). THE IMAGE SHOWS THE ZGA MARKER PROTEINS TPRX1 AND H3.Y ARE PRESENT IN BOTH CELL POPULATIONS. CREDIT: DR. JASMIN TAUBENSCHMID-STOWERS BABRAHAM INSTITUTE, DR. FÁTIMA SANTOS BABRAHAM...
by University of Surrey Protein-protein interaction networks for gene products corresponding to the probes (A) significantly down-regulated or (B) significantly up-regulated in both the D2 and D3 treatment groups of the WE cohort, but not the placebo group. Details given in Supplementary Data File 3. The networks were generated using the STRING database of Homo sapiens medium...
by University of Edinburgh Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Metastasis, the ability of cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body, is notoriously difficult to treat and is the leading cause of death, meaning that early diagnosis and treatment are vital. Cancer starts when certain changes take place within the genes inside the nucleus...
